Pictures: Travel to Hawaii

D. Corich

"This photo was taken in Waikiki, Honolulu across from the International Market Place on Kalakaua Avenue. The birds' handler, for a small price, will place the birds on your shoulder and take a picture. Something to show the folks back home. I caught the birds between their photo shoots." -- D. Corich

"This photo was taken in Waikiki, Honolulu across from the International Market Place on Kalakaua Avenue. The birds' handler, for a small price, will place the birds on your shoulder and take a picture. Something to show the folks back home. I caught the birds between their photo shoots." -- D. Corich (D. Corich)

Whooshing down the twisting pavement from the 10,023-foot Maui mountain to the sea is one of the biggest thrills in road cycling. But it's not without risk. After a string of fatalities, Haleakala National Park in 2007 imposed a moratorium on commercial downhill rides. Individual cyclists can still make the trip. Info: (808) 572-4400, http://www.nps.gov/hale.

Whooshing down the twisting pavement from the 10,023-foot Maui mountain to the sea is one of the biggest thrills in road cycling. But it's not without risk. After a string of fatalities, Haleakala National Park in 2007 imposed a moratorium on commercial downhill rides. Individual cyclists can still make the trip. Info: (808) 572-4400, http://www.nps.gov/hale. (Richard Derk / Los Angeles Times)